US009339052B1

(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,339,052 B1 Schwartz (45) Date of Patent: May 17, 2016

(54) PREMIUM PET FOOD AND PROCESS FOR 4,910,038 A * 3/1990 Ducharme ...... 426,641 TS MANUFACTURE 4,997,671 A * 3/1991 Spanier ...... 426,646 5,558,896 A 9/1996 Kobayashi 6,344,224 B1 2/2002 Bazzaro et al. (75) Inventor: Barry Schwartz, Beverly Hills, CA 6,733,263 B2 5/2004 Pope et al. (US) 6,905,703 B2 * 6/2005 Rothamel et al...... 424/439 7,244,460 B2 * 7/2007 Lee et al...... 426,302 (73) Assignee: All-American Pet Company, Inc., 7,250,186 B2 7/2007 Pfaller et al. Beverly Hills, CA (US) 7,585,533 B2 9/2009 Fritz-Jung et al. s 2008.0003270 A1 1, 2008 Martinez (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 2008/0233228 A1 9, 2008 Lindee et al. patent is extended or adjusted under 35 OTHER PUBLICATIONS U.S.C. 154(b) by 839 days. Bonnot webpage (http://www.thebonnotco.com/Extruders), 2012.* (21) Appl. No.: 12/799,067 National Dog Food (http://web.archive.org/web/20051216061857/ http://www.nationaldogfood.com/products.html). 2005.* (22) Filed: Apr. 16, 2010 * cited by examiner (51) Int. Cl. A23K L/00 (2006.01) Primary Examiner — Viren Thakur A23K L/18 (2006.01) Assistant Examiner — Lela S Williams A23K L/10 (2006.01) (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Thomas I. Rozsa (52) U.S. Cl. CPC. A23K I/00 (2013.01); A23K I/I86 (2013.01); (57) ABSTRACT A23K 1/003 (2013.01); A23K 1/1846 (2013.01) The present invention relates to a process of creating semi (58) Field of Classification Search moist pet food, and primarily dog food and dog treats, that is CPC ... A23K 1/003: A23K 1/1846; A23K 1/1603; formed into a given shape through cooking the ingredients of A23K 1/186: A23K 1/10; A23P 1/12 the mixture contained in the dog food in an extruder and USPC ...... 426/516,521,805, 72,73, 74 thereafter immediately transforming the mixture to a forming See application file for complete search history. machine wherein the pet food is formed into a multiplicity of given shapes so that the dog food is produced as a final formed (56) References Cited dog food or dog treat in an economically viable process. The given shape of the dog food is semi-moist and will retain its U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS shape so that it can be broken into smaller pieces to be fed to 3,882.257 A * 5/1975 Cagle ...... 426/274 a dog at selected times. 3,916,029 A * 10/1975 Hildebolt ...... 426,94 4,597,731 A 7, 1986 Suzuki 6 Claims, 1 Drawing Sheet

U.S. Patent May 17, 2016 US 9,339,052 B1

US 9,339,052 B1 1. 2 PREMUMPET FOOD AND PROCESS FOR pressing food into a specific shape but it is dealing with ITS MANUFACTURE human food and not dog food. The Kobayashi Patent discloses a method of cutting a bar BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION shaped food. The Axlerod Patent discloses the process for making an 1. Field of the Invention edible dog treat. The process includes making a heat expand The present invention relates to the field of pet foods and able dog chew comprised primarily of injection molding primarily dog food and dog treats which are formulated of potato starch granules and an attractant. The treat is in the premium dog food ingredients in a semi-moist state. Tradi shape of a dog bone. tionally, semi-moist dog food is sold in cans or in tins or in 10 The Bazzaro Patent discloses a fully edible feed body for domestic animals comprising a central core having an elon sealed packs and after the can or tin or sealed pack is opened, gated shape and a substantially circular or square section, to semi-moist dog food is placed into a dog dish where it is which at least one layer of seed-based mixture is glued and in consumed by the dog. The present invention relates to the which the central core is obtained by extrusion cooking from field of a new innovative way of packaging semi-moist dog 15 a mixture based on water, flour, seeds and optionally Sugar. food so that the food can be dispensed in a more convenient The Pope Patent discloses an apparatus dye and method for form with a greater density of protein per portion and at times preparing a dual textured pet food including a shell envelop and places when traditional feeding would be difficult. ing a core. 2. Detailed Description of the Prior Art The Pfaller Patent discloses a process for the manufacture In general, the concept of forming specifically shaped of cooked cereals or dry pet food by preparing a mixture of foods such as bar-shaped material for human food is known. water and a dry premix comprising cereal, flour or semolina However, to the best of the present inventor's knowledge, the and pressing the mixture, with the aid of agear pump, to a heat concept of creating dog food in unique shapes which is semi exchanger and then to a dye where it is extruded. moist and is retained together in unique shapes and can be The Garcia Published Patent Application discloses a chew manufactured in a commercially viable way has not been 25 able pet treat which includes a fibrous collagen used to pre known before the present invention. The following 10 patents pare a product wherein the fibrous collagen matrix is formed and published patent applications are the closest relevant in any shape of a three dimensional design. prior art to the present invention: The Dempsey Patent discloses a process for preparing a 1. U.S. Pat. No. 4,597,731 issued to Kisaku Suzuki on Jul. chewable pet food which includes between 56% and 80% dry 1, 1986 for “Food Shaping Apparatus’ (hereafter the “Suzuki 30 wheat gluten mix, 9% to 28% liquid plasticizer mix and Patent”); between 8% to 18% moisture by weight. 2. U.S. Pat. No. 5,558,896 issued to Masao Kobayashion The Lindee Published Patent Application discloses a food Sep. 24, 1996 for “Method For Cutting A Bar-Shaped Food molding mechanism for forming a food patty which is for And Its Apparatus' (hereafter the “Kobayashi Patent'): human consumption. 3. U.S. Pat. No. 5,827,565 issued to Glen S. Axlerod on 35 The Fritz-Jung Patent discloses a pet food and method for Oct. 27, 1998 for “Process For Making An Edible Dog Chew” manufacturing the pet food which includes extruding a base (hereafter the "Axlerod Patent”): meal formula, grinding the extruded meal and pressure form 4. U.S. Pat. No. 6,344.224 issued to Gianni Bazzaro et al. ing the ground meal into Solid form. on Feb. 5, 2002 for “Feed Body For Domestic Animals” Overall, no one has conceived of the idea of having a (hereafter the “Bazzaro Patent”): 40 semi-moist dog treat formed into a predetermined shape 5. U.S. Pat. No. 6,733,263 issued to Brent K. Pope et al. on which can be broken into one or more separate sections and May 11, 2004 for “Composition, Process and Apparatus' fed to the dog at individual selected times and which can be (hereafter the “Pope Patent”): manufactured in a commercially viable way. There is a sig 6. U.S. Pat. No. 7,250,186 issued to Werner Pfaller et al. on nificant need for Such an improved invention on the market. Jul. 31, 2007 for “Extrusion Process, Apparatus and Product’ 45 (hereafter the “Pfaller Patent”): SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 7. United States Published Patent Application No. 2008/ 0003270 to Ion Inaki Garcia Martinez on Jan. 3, 2008 for The present invention relates to the commercial production “Chewable And/Or Edible Product For Pets And Other Ani of a premium pet food/treat formulated from proprietary mals” (hereafter the “Garcia Martinez Published Patent 50 compositions of raw ingredients and nutritional Supplements Application'); that are first mixed, pasteurized, cooked and then extruded 8. U.S. Pat. No. 7,390,520 issued to Paul Murrow Dempsey under pressure, into a continuous non-brittle, semi-moist, etal. on Jun. 24, 2008 for “Process For Preparing A Chewable stable sheet that is then mechanically formed—using a platen Pet Food” (hereafter the “Dempsey Patent”); and pressure—into a variety of sizes and shapes. 9. United States Published Patent Application No. 2008/ 55 The present invention includes the following advantages: 0233228 to Scott A. Lindee et al. on Sep. 25, 2008 for “Food 1. Portability Molding Mechanism For A Food Patty Molding Machine' Specific starches in the formulation and their successful (hereafter the “Lindee Published Patent Application'); gelatinization in addition to low fat levels, render the 10. U.S. Pat. No. 7,585,533 issued to Cathryn Fritz-Junget formed shapes durable, stable and palatable al. on Sep. 8, 2009 for “Pressure Formed Pet Food And 60 2. Semi-moist presentation with significant palatability Method” (hereafter the “Fritz-Jung Patent”). Humectants and flavoring agents enhance consumption The Suzuki Patent discloses a food shaping apparatus desirability and mask the “taste’ impact of the chemi which contains a multiplicity of rollers which serve to com cal retarding agents press the food over a period of time going from the top of the 3. Extended shelf stability hopper to the bottom of the hopper and compress the food into 65 Humectant—Incorporation of Glycerin the shape such as shown in FIG. 4. The shape is primarily Mold Inhibitor Potassium Sorbate round. The patent is designed to show the process of com Acidulent—Higher acidic pH retards spoilage US 9,339,052 B1 3 4 4. Portioning options for pet owner to coincide with size of Smaller bite size pieces and individually fed to a dog succes pet sively, at the same time, or independently during different 5. Heart healthy food also serves as a high protein reward/ times of the day. treat It is a further object of the present invention to create Supplemental Amino Acids +27% protein content higher semi-moist premium dog food in a predetermined shape than most Other foods/treats which can be easily fed to a dog by being broken into indi 6. Facilitating form factor for functional canine nutritional vidual separate bite size components depending on the size of dietary Supplementation the dog. The present invention relates to a composition which It is another object of the present invention to create a brand includes a semi-moist dog food which is formed into a pre 10 of premium dog food which is formed into a predetermined determined shape and is retained in a predetermined shape by shape so that it can be fed to a dog as a meal or as a treat and gelatinzed starches and specific amounts of glycerine so that can be broken in half or in other Smaller incremental amounts the dog food and/or treat which is formulated with premium and fed to the dog individually while retaining its shape from dog food ingredients is shaped into a fixed bar. The protein the original rectangle. 15 It is another object of the present invention to produce a rich ingredients contained within the premium dog food bar semi-moist dog food in the desired fixed shape such as a can be fed to a dog as a meal or treat and can be broken in half rectangular bar through a process which enables a Sufficient or in other Smaller sections and fed to a dog in Smaller sec quantity of food to be produced in a sufficiently uniform and tions during different times of the day. rapid manner so that it is commercially viable to produce the While there have been numerous prior uses of various semi-moist dog food into the shape of a bar. extruders for the production of dry and semi-moist pet foods The present invention has the following unique features: and treats as well as the use of mechanical forming machines 1. The ingredient formulation/composition is unique to the to produce “pattie' shaped fresh frozen pet foods, there has assignee of the present invention. not been an integrated, continuous processing platform that 2. Processing hardware: a single or twin screw extruder and utilizes both human food quality extruders and pressurized 25 a human grade forming device—coupled in tandem is unique mechanical forming machines in-line to produce a commer to the pet food production industry. cially viable premium semi-moist shaped dog food product 3. Processing parameters: pasteurization, cook time and exemplifying the aforementioned qualities that will meet temperature, flow speed and pressure of the extruded slurry is both the AFFCO standards and FDA requirements and regu fed directly to the forming machine as a flat sheet to be lations. 30 delineated into various shapes (calorie? energy values) as The present invention also relates to a process of manufac determined. turing a semi-moist dog food or dog treat into a predetermined 4. Final Product: highly digestible, highly palatable, semi shape through a process which produces an efficient quantity moist, high protein premium formed food product that main of product in a Sufficiently rapid period of time so as to make tains food safe status beyond expectation with lower fat and 35 high bar durability than any other product of its kind. the production of the product commercially viable. It is to be understood that both the foregoing general It has been discovered that in order to be able to produce a description and the following detailed description are exem semi-moist dog food or dog treat formed into a given shape plary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the inven (for example, a bar shape), it is necessary to have the food tion as claimed. cooked in a single or twin screw extrusion system which by 40 The accompanying drawings which are incorporated in way of example can be a Magnum Twin Screw Extruder and constitutes a part of the specification, illustrate one system produced by Wenger Manufacturing and as soon as embodiment of the invention and together with the descrip the food is completely cooked, to have the food transported to tion, serve to explain the principles of the invention. a forming machine which by way of example can be a For Further novel features and other objects of the present max(R) machine such as a Formax F-19TM which enables the 45 invention will become apparent from the following detailed food to be placed onto a tray and immediately formed under description, discussion and the appended claims, taken in pressure and stamped into a large number of bars of a pre conjunction with the drawings. determined shape wherein the quantity produced is suffi ciently rapid so as to make the production economically BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS viable. It is emphasized that the Wenger Extruder is only one 50 example of a single or twin screw extruder which is within the Referring particularly to the drawings for the purpose of spirit and scope of the present invention. It is further empha illustration only and not limitation, there is illustrated: sized that the Formax F-19TM is only one example of a human FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention fin grade forming machine which is within the spirit and scope of ished semi-moist premium dog food formed into the shape of the present invention. 55 a rectangular bar with divisions so that the bar can be broken It is an object of the present invention to utilize an extruder into Smaller pieces. such as a Wenger Extruder which is used to cook a dog food mix and transport the cooked dog food from the extruder into DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED a Formax(R) forming machine which is used to form the EMBODIMENTS cooked dog food into bar shaped sizes. 60 It is an object of the present invention to create a premium Although specific embodiments of the present invention dog food which is retained in a shape Such as a fixed rectan will now be described with reference to the drawings, it gular bar or any other desired shape through the inclusion of should be understood that such embodiments are by way of specific amounts of glycerine so that the dog food which is example only and merely illustrative of but a small number of semi-moist and at least 1% moisture in the meat will retain its 65 the many possible specific embodiments which can represent desired shape so that it can be fed to a dog either entirely in applications of the principles of the present invention. Various one fullbar shape or can be broken into one or more separate changes and modifications obvious to one skilled in the art to US 9,339,052 B1 5 6 which the present invention pertains are deemed to be within Vitamin E Supplement 150 IU/kg. Thiamine 10 ppm the spirit, scope and contemplation of the present invention as Niacin 70 ppm further defined in the appended claims. Calcium Pantothenate 25 ppm Riboflavin 10 ppm Reference is made to the accompanying attachment of a Pyridoxine Hydrochloride 10 ppm. Folic Acid 1.5 ppm web page printout describing a Wenger Magnum Twin Screw 5 Biotin 0.2 ppm Extruder machine. It is emphasized that this is only one Vitamin B12 Supplement 0.035 ppm example of an extruder machine that is used with the present Taurine 1000 ppm invention. The present invention incorporates utilization of a Zinc Propionate 0.3% to 0.1% single or twin screw extruder. The Magnum Twin Screw Ferrous Sulfate 80 ppm Extruder is co-rotating, fully intermeshing, self-wiping in 10 Copper Sulfate 8 ppm design. Due to the Magnum’s modular design length-to-di Zinc Sulfate 120 ppm ameter ratios are 7.5:1 to 25.5:1 are available. Barrel seg Manganese Citrate 5 ppm ments are each equipped with cavities for circulating thermal Potassium Iodide 1.5 ppm fluids for heating and/or cooling. The ratio of area of thermal Sodium Selenite 0.03 ppm fluid contact to the area of extrudate contact provides the 15 Mixed Tocopherols (Natural Preservative) 0.06% to 0.3% highest thermal heat transfer rates possible improving pro L-carnitine 40 ppm cess control by assuring precise control of product tempera It will be appreciated that the present invention includes the ture/time history. Wenger extruders assure greaterproduction composition selected from the group consisting of the above capacity with less energy consumption. This lower specified listed ingredients and that it is possible to eliminate one or mechanical energy input is the result of the unique design of more of the ingredients and still be within the spirit and scope the screw flighting and the barrel ribbing. The combination of of the present invention. flight depth, pitch profile, and equivalent helix angle optimize The object is to have the cooked dog food formed of the conversion of mechanical energy into heat through fric approximately 85% dry matter and 15% moisture. By way of tion while minimizing shear damage. example, the percentage components in the premium dog The present invention utilizes the extruder system such as 25 food mix include between 1% and 15% water and moisture the Magnum Twin Screw Extruder series produced by and the balance combined protein, fat, fiber, calcium and Wenger. The premium dog food mixture includes the follow phosphorous which is dry matter. ing ingredients: chicken meal, oat groats, rice, glycerine, After the dog food has been cooked, it is then forwarded to chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), potato pro a bar forming machine such as a Formax F-19TM. This For tein, natural flavor, chicken, flaxseed meal, beet pulp, dical 30 max machine is only one example of a forming machine that cium phosphate, potassium chloride, sodium chloride, cho is envisioned within the present invention. Accompanying line chloride, L-Ascorbyl-2-Phosphate (protected source of this application is a printout of a web page showing Formax Vitamin C), Vitamin Aacetate, Vitamin D3 supplement, Vita F-19TM machine. The Formax F-19TM features a hydraulic min E Supplement, thiamine, niacin, calcium pantothenate, forming injection system for extremely accurate weight con riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, biotin, Vita 35 trol and the capacity to process a wide range of products. With min B12 Supplement, taurine, Zinc propionate, ferrous Sul operation independent of the hydraulic forming system, the fate, copper Sulfate, Zinc sulfate, manganese citrate, potas mold plate drive powers the F-19TM to speeds up to 75 strokes sium iodide, Sodium selenite, mixed tocopherols (a natural per minute. The PLC F-19 Touch ScreenTM maximizes pro preservative), and L-carnitine. The mixture is then placed into ductivity with fast setup times, graphical interface and the extruder. The first step is pasteurization of the ingredient 40 approved maintenance diagnostics. One hundred product mixture. By way of example, the extruderheats the mixture to codes with a preprogrammed or custom fill modes are 212° for one minute so that the mixture is pasteurized. The offered. After the premium dog food is cooked as described mixture is then placed under pressure and cooked in the above, the food is placed into a Formax(R) machine where it is extruder at temperature range of approximately 150° F. to spread on a rectangular sheet and a plate drops down with 200°F. and anywhere from approximately thirty minutes to 45 eight or nine bar shapes onto the dog food at 55 to 75 strokes sixty minutes. Thereafter, the mixture is formed into an elon per minute creating 440 to 675 bars per minute. The Formax gated slurry and immediately fed under pressure into a form F-19TM machine is used to create human grade products ing machine. By way of example, the pressure exerted on the (hamburger patties, sausage links, chicken tenders, etc.). The “slurry' or “mash” of the ingredients of the mixture when fed present invention utilizing this F-19 FormaxTM machine pro out of the extruder is approximately 300 PSI. 50 duces extremely high quality and stable rectangular bar By way of example, the composition percentage of the shaped premium dog food products. ranges of the components of the ingredients in the mixture can It is a unique feature of the present invention to incorporate be as follows: the combination of a single or twin screw extruder and a Chicken Meal 25% to 30% human grade forming device—coupled in tandem. This is Oat Groats 20% to 25% Rice 10% to 14.85% 55 unique to the pet food production industry. Pasteurization, Glycerin 5% to 7% cook time and temperature, flow speed and pressure of the Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols) 8% to 10% extruded slurry from the extruder is fed directly to the form Potato Protein 8% to 10% Natural Flavor 1.75% to 2% ing machine as a flat sheet to be delineated into various Chicken 3% to 5% predetermined shapes. Therefore, the final product is a highly Flaxseed Meal 1.5% to 2% Beet Pulp 3% to 4% 60 digestible, highly palatable, semi-moist, high protein pre Dicalcium Phosphate 1.0% to 2% Potassium Chloride 0.6% mium formed food product that maintains food safe status to 1% Sodium Chloride 0.3% to 7% Choline Chloride 1200 beyond expectation with a lower fat and greater resistance to ppm bacterial deterioration than any other product of its kind. L-ascorbyl-2-phosphate (Protected Source of Vitamin C) The key feature of the present invention is that the ingre O.O35% 65 dients as described above are cooked in a single screw or twin Vitamin A Acetate 15000 11.1/kg Vitamin D3 Supplement screw extruder and then fed as a slurry onto a flat sheet of a 1500 IU/kg human grade forming machine where they are cut to the US 9,339,052 B1 7 8 desired shapes. The desired shape can be any desired shape conveyer belt where they are cooled and thereafter sent to a Such as bar shaped, the shape of any animal, reptile, fish, wrapping machine where they are individually wrapped for amphibian, mammal, bird; celestial body or any other physi commercial sale. cal shape. The example given below is the product formed Of course the present invention is not intended to be into a bar shape. It is emphasized that the bar shape depicted restricted to any particular form or arrangement, or any spe in FIG. 1 below is strictly one example of the numerous types cific embodiment, or any specific use, disclosed herein, since of shapes that can be formed through the present invention the same may be modified in various particulars or relations process. without departing from the spirit or scope of the claimed Referring to FIG. 1, there is illustrated one example the invention hereinabove shown and described of which the final completed semi-moist premium dog food shaped into 10 apparatus or method shown is intended only for illustration the form of a rectangular bar 10. By way of example, the bar and disclosure of an operative embodiment and not to show can be 5/4 inches long, 1/4 inches wide and 3/4 inches high. all of the various forms or modifications in which this inven The bar is retained together by the formulation as described tion might be embodied or operated. above in being cooked with the composition as set forth above What is claimed is: at the temperatures and times as set forth above and is retained 15 1. A process for making a formed pet food consisting of together by the specific amounts of glycerine and gelatinzed a. combining a total ingredient mixture consisting of starches so that the bar or other shapes remainina stable form. chicken meal, oat groats, rice, glycerine, chicken fat, The bar or other shapes may have formed into them selected mixed tocopherols, potato protein, natural flavor, identifying divisions such as 12, 14 and 16, so that the divi chicken, flaxseed meal, beet pulp, dicalcium phosphate, sions serve to divide the body 20 of the shaped food or treat 10 potassium chloride, Sodium chloride, choline chloride, into a variety of portion sizes. Therefore, the bar or other L-Ascorbyl-2-Phosphate, Vitamin A acetate, Vitamin shapes can be broken into Smaller pieces by breaking the bar, D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, thiamine, nia or other shapes, at the location of the divisions 12, 14 and 16 cin, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydro so that a smaller quantity can be fed to the dog at a given time. chloride, folic acid, biotin, Vitamin B12 supplement, The idea is that the bar will retain its shape so that it can be 25 taurine, Zinc propionate, ferrous Sulfate, copper Sulfate, broken into several separate segments and fed to the dog at Zinc sulfate, manganese citrate, potassium iodide, individual times or at individual successive periods of time or Sodium selenite and L-carnitine; fed to the dog as an entire bar depending upon the size of the b. placing said total ingredient mixture set forth in element dog and the amount of food that is desired to be fed to the dog 'a' into an extruder and pasteurizing said total ingredient at a given time. 30 mixture in the extruder, after pasteurization cooking the Through use of the present invention, premium dog food is total ingredient mixture in the extruder at a temperature formed into a predetermined shape and is retained in the in the range of approximately 150° F. to 2009 F. for a rectangular bar shape or any other desired shape through the time range of approximately 30 minutes to 60 minutes, use of specific amounts of glycerine and gelatinized starches forming the total ingredient mixture into an elongated so that the bar will remain in its formed shape after it exits the 35 slurry, and feeding the total ingredient mixture which Formax(R) forming machine. The bar contains semi-moist dog has been formed into an elongated slurry from the food which in its preferred embodiment is anywhere from 1% extruder into a forming machine under approximately to 15% moisture. The meat contained in the bar is a premium 300 PSI; dog mix and is retained in its original bar shape through the c. spreading the total ingredient mixture formed into an cooking process and forming process as described above so 40 elongated slurry and fed into the forming machine into a that it can be retained and fed as an individual rectangular spread slurry fed onto a rectangular sheet and causing shaped bar or broken into separate Smaller sections so that the forming machine to form the spread slurry into a individual sections of the bar can be fed to a dog at separate multiplicity of uniformly shaped bars resulting in times. formed, semi-moist pet food including glycerine in the While the preferred shape of the dog food is in a rectangu 45 range of 5% to 7% of the total semi-moist pet food and lar bar, it will be appreciated that the dog food can also be gelatinized starches which are a combination of oat formed into other shapes of food as long as it is held together groats, rice and flaxseed meal in the total semi-moist pet and is capably broken into at least two sections. food being in the range of 8% to 10% of the total semi In addition to the semi-moist dog food being formed in the moist pet food, the chicken meal in the range of 25% to shape of a bar or any other desired shape with the percentage 50 30% of the total semi-moist pet food and thereafter ranges of products as identified above, it is also a key inno placing the formed semi-moist pet food onto a conveyer vation of the present invention to be able to create these belt to enable the formed semi-moist pet food to be semi-moist dog food bars in a commercially viable way. The cooled and thereafter sent to a wrapping machine where concept is to have the food cooked in an extruder Such as the each individually formed semi-moist pet food is indi Wenger extruder for the desired temperature range and the 55 vidually wrapped. desired cooking time and thereafter immediately have the 2. The process for making a formed pet food in accordance food transported to a forming machine Such as Formax with claim 1, wherein the starting percentages of the total F-19TM machine either by having a direct connection from the ingredient mixture in element “a” of claim 1 are in the fol exit of the extruder to the input of the forming machine or lowing ranges: having the food placed into a separate dish or other mechani 60 a. Chicken meal 25% to 30%; cal retaining mechanism and thereafter feeding the cooked b. Oat Groats 20% to 25%: dog food into the forming machine. The key is the use of a c. Rice 10% to 14.85%: forming machine that enables a Sufficient quantity of bars to d. Glycerine 5% to 7%; be produced in Sufficient speed so that it is commercially e. Chicken fat 8% to 10%: viable to be able to produce the bars at a cost for which it can 65 f. Potato Protein 8% to 10%: be commercially sold in the marketplace. After the bars are g. Natural Flavor 1.75% to 2%; formed in the forming machine, they are then placed on a h. Chicken 3% to 5%; US 9,339,052 B1 9 10 i. Flaxseed Meal 1.5% to 2%; ee. Zinc Sulfate 120 ppm. j. Beet Pulp 3% to 4%; ff. Manganese Citrate 5 ppm. k. Dicalcium Phosphate 1.0% to 2%; gg. Potassium Iodide 1.5 ppm, 1. Potassium Chloride 0.6% to 1%; hh. Sodium Selenite 0.03 ppm; m. Sodium Chloride 0.3% to 7%; ii. Mixed Tocopherols 0.06% to 0.3%; and n. Choline Chloride 1200 ppm. jj. L-carnitine 40 ppm. o. L-ascorbyl-2-phosphate 0.035%; 3. The process for making a formed pet food in accordance p. Vitamin A Acetate 15000 11.1/kg: claim 1, wherein the formed semi-moist pet food in element q. Vitamin D3 Supplement 1500 IU/kg: “c” of claim 1 has 15% moisture matter and 85% dry matter. r. Vitamin E Supplement 150 IU/kg: 10 4. The process for making a formed pet food in accordance s. Thiamine 10 ppm; with claim 1, wherein the formed shape of the semi-moist pet t. Niacin 70 ppm; food in element “c” of claim 1 is in the shape of a bar 5/4' long, u. Calcium Pantothenate 25 ppm. 1/4" wide and 3/4" high. v. Riboflavin 10 ppm. 5. The process for making a pet food in accordance with w. Pyridoxine Hydrochloride 10 ppm; 15 claim 1 wherein the semi-moist pet food in element “c” of x. Folic Acid 1.5 ppm. claim 1 is dog food. y. Biotin 0.2 ppm. 6. The process for making a pet food in accordance with Z. Vitamin B12 Supplement 0.035 ppm. claim 1 wherein the formed shape of the semi-moist pet food aa. Taurine 1000 ppm. in element 'c' of claim 1 is selected from the group consisting bb. Zinc Propionate 0.3% to 0.1%; of bar-shaped, an animal, a reptile, a fish, an amphibian, a cc. Ferrous Sulfate 80 ppm; mammal, a bird, a celestial body or any other physical shape. dd. Copper Sulfate 8 ppm. k k k k k